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Guangzhou (; jyutping
Jyutping

Jyutping is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong in 1993. Its formal name is The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme....
 : Gwong²zau¹; Yale
Yale Romanization

The Yale romanizations are four systems created during World War II for use by United States US armed forces. They romanized the four East Asian languages of Mandarin Chinese, Yue Chinese, Korean language, and Japanese language....
: Gwóngjàu) is the capital and a sub-provincial city
Sub-provincial city

A sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China, is like a prefecture-level city that is ruled by a province of China, but is administered independently in regard to Economics and law....
 of Guangdong
Guangdong

Guangdong is a political divisions of China on the southern coast of People's Republic of China. The province is also known by an alternative English language name, the Canton Province....
 (Kwangtung / Canton) Province in the southern
Northern and southern China

Northern China and Southern China are two approximate regions within People's Republic of China. The exact boundary between these two regions has never been precisely defined....
 part of the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
. The city and surrounding areas, particularly the areas between the city and Hong Kong, through the heavily traded Pearl River Delta
Pearl River (China)

The Pearl River or Zhu Jiang, or less commonly, the "Guangdong River" , is China's third longest river , and second largest by volume ....
 region, are often simply called by their provincial name in English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, Canton. It is a port on the Pearl River
Pearl River (China)

The Pearl River or Zhu Jiang, or less commonly, the "Guangdong River" , is China's third longest river , and second largest by volume ....
, navigable to the South China Sea
South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea*south of China,*west of the Philippines,*north west of Sabah , Sarawak and Brunei,*north of Indonesia,...
, and is located about 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
.






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Guangzhou (; jyutping
Jyutping

Jyutping is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong in 1993. Its formal name is The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme....
 : Gwong²zau¹; Yale
Yale Romanization

The Yale romanizations are four systems created during World War II for use by United States US armed forces. They romanized the four East Asian languages of Mandarin Chinese, Yue Chinese, Korean language, and Japanese language....
: Gwóngjàu) is the capital and a sub-provincial city
Sub-provincial city

A sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China, is like a prefecture-level city that is ruled by a province of China, but is administered independently in regard to Economics and law....
 of Guangdong
Guangdong

Guangdong is a political divisions of China on the southern coast of People's Republic of China. The province is also known by an alternative English language name, the Canton Province....
 (Kwangtung / Canton) Province in the southern
Northern and southern China

Northern China and Southern China are two approximate regions within People's Republic of China. The exact boundary between these two regions has never been precisely defined....
 part of the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
. The city and surrounding areas, particularly the areas between the city and Hong Kong, through the heavily traded Pearl River Delta
Pearl River (China)

The Pearl River or Zhu Jiang, or less commonly, the "Guangdong River" , is China's third longest river , and second largest by volume ....
 region, are often simply called by their provincial name in English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, Canton. It is a port on the Pearl River
Pearl River (China)

The Pearl River or Zhu Jiang, or less commonly, the "Guangdong River" , is China's third longest river , and second largest by volume ....
, navigable to the South China Sea
South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea*south of China,*west of the Philippines,*north west of Sabah , Sarawak and Brunei,*north of Indonesia,...
, and is located about 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
. As of the 2000 census, the city has a population of 6 million, and a metropolitan population of roughly 8.5 million (though some estimates are as high as 12.6 million) making it the most populous city in the province and the third most populous
List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population

This list ranks cities in the People's Republic of China by population.According to the administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China, there are three level of cities, namely municipality of China, prefecture-level city , and county-level cities....
 metropolitan area
Metropolitan area

A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central city and their zone of influence....
 in mainland China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. The official estimate of the metro's population at end 2006 by the Provincial Government was 9,754,600.

History

The first known city built at the site of Guangzhou was Panyu (??, later simplified to ??; Poon Yu in Cantonese) founded in 214 BC. The city has been continuously occupied since that time. Panyu was expanded when it became the capital of the Nanyue
Nanyue

Nanyue was an ancient kingdom that consisted of parts of the modern Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and much of modern northern Vietnam....
 Kingdom in 206 BC.

Recent archaeological founding of her palace suggests that the city might have traded frequently with foreigners by the sea routes. The foreign trade continued through every following dynasty and the city remains a major international trading port to this day.

The Han Dynasty
Han Dynasty

The Han Dynasty followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Han Dynasty was ruled by the family known as the Liu clan who had peasant origins....
 annexed Nanyue in 111 BC, and Panyu became a provincial capital and remains so until this day. In 226 AD, the city however became the seat of the Guang Prefecture (??; Guangzhou). Therefore, "Guangzhou" was the name of the prefecture, not of the city. However, people grew accustomed to calling the city Guangzhou, instead of Panyu.

Although the Chinese name of Guangzhou replaced Panyu as the name of the walled city, Panyu was still the name of the area surrounding the walled city until the end of Qing era.

Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 and Persian
Persian people

Persian identity, at least in terms of language, is traced to the ancient Indo-Iranians , who arrived in parts of Greater Iran circa 2000-1500 BCE....
 pirates sacked Guangzhou (known to them as Sin-Kalan) in AD 758, ² according to a local Guangzhou government report on October 30 758, which corresponded to the day of Guisi of the ninth lunar
Chinese calendar

The Chinese calendar is lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. This measure of time was first introduced by the Babylonians ....
 month in the first year of the Qianyuan era
Chinese era name

A Chinese era name is the era name, reign period, or regnal title used when traditionally numbering years in an emperor's reign and naming certain Chinese rulers ....
 of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty was an Dynasties in Chinese history preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire....
.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, a celebrated poet called Su Shi (Shisu) visited Guangzhou's Baozhuangyan Temple
Temple of the Six Banyan Trees

The Temple of the Six Banyan Trees is an ancient Buddhism List of Buddhist temples built in 537 in the Liang Dynasty in Guangzhou, southern China....
 and wrote the inscription "Liu Rong" (Six Banyan Trees) because of the six banyan trees he saw there. It has since been called the Temple of the 6 Banyan Trees.

The Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 were the first Europeans to arrive to the city by sea, establishing a monopoly on the external trade out of its harbor by 1511. They were later expelled from their settlements in Guangzhou (in Portuguese Cantão), but instead granted use of Macau
Macau

The Macau Special Administrative Region, , commonly known as Macau or Macao , is one of the two special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong....
 as a trade base with the city in 1557. They would keep a near monopoly of foreign trade in the region until the arrival of the Dutch in the early seventeenth century.

After China claimed control of Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
 in 1683, the Qing government became open to encouraging foreign trade. Guangzhou quickly emerged as one of the most adaptable ports for negotiating commerce and before long, many foreign ships were going there to procure cargos.

Portuguese in Macau
Macau

The Macau Special Administrative Region, , commonly known as Macau or Macao , is one of the two special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong....
, Spanish in Manila
Manila

The 'City of Manila' , or simply 'Manila', is the Capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila....
, and Armenian
Armenians

The Armenians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands. A large concentration of them has remained there, especially in Armenia, but many of them are also scattered elsewhere throughout the world ....
s and Muslims from India were already actively trading in the port by the 1690s, when the French and English British East India Company
British East India Company

The East India Company was an early England joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the Indies, but that ended up trading with the Indian subcontinent and China....
's ships began frequenting the port through the Canton System
Canton System

The Canton System served as a means for China to control trade with the west within its own country....
.

Other companies were soon to follow: the Ostend General India company
Ostend Company

The Ostend Company was an Habsburg Empire private trading company established in 1717 to trade with the East Indies and West Indies. For a few years it provided strong competition to the traditional colonial trading companies....
 in 1717; Dutch East India Company
Dutch East India Company

The Dutch East India Company was a trading company, which was established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia....
 in 1729; the first Danish ship in 1731, which was followed by a Danish Asiatic Company ship in 1734; the Swedish East India Company
Swedish East India Company

The Swedish East India Company was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1731 for the purpose of conducting trade with the far east. The venture was inspired by the success of the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company and grew to become the largest trading company in Sweden during the 18th century, until it folded in 1813....
 in 1732; followed by an occasional Prussia
Prussia

Prussia was, most recently, a historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. This state had for centuries substantial influence on Germany and European history....
n and Trieste Company ship; the Americans in 1784; and the first ships from Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 in 1788.

By the middle of the 18th century, Guangzhou had emerged as one of the world's great trading ports under the Thirteen Factories
Thirteen Factories

Thirteen Factories was an area of Guangzhou, China where the first foreign trade was allowed in the 18th century since hai jin. It is also referred to as the "Thirteen Hongs" or the "Canton Factories"....
, which was a distinction it maintained until the outbreak of the Opium Wars in 1839 and the opening of other ports in China in 1842. The privilege during this period made Guangzhou one of the top 3 cities in the world.

Guangzhou's monopoly on English trade ended with the Treaty of Nanking
Treaty of Nanking

The Treaty of Nanking or Treaty of Nanjing, signed 29 August 1842, was the Unequal Treaties which marked the end of the First Opium War between the British Empire and Qing Dynasty Empires of 1839-42....
, signed in 1842 to end the First Opium War
First Opium War

The First Opium War or the First Anglo-Chinese War was fought between the East India Company and the Qing Dynasty of China from 1839 to 1842 with the aim of forcing China to allow free trade, particularly in opium....
 between Britain
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. The treaty opened four new treaty ports
Treaty ports

Treaty ports were port cities in China, Japan and Korea opened to foreign trade by the Unequal Treaties.The first five treaty ports in China were established at the conclusion of the First Opium War by the Nanjing Treaty in 1842....
, allowing British merchants to trade in Fuzhou
Fuzhou

is the capital and the largest prefecture-level city of Fujian Provinces of China, People's Republic of China. It is also referred to as Rongcheng which means "city of banyan trees" and Mindong ...
, Xiamen
Xiamen

Xiamen, also known as Amoy , is a coastal sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian province of China, People's Republic of China. It looks out to the Taiwan Strait and borders Quanzhou to the north and Zhangzhou to the south....
, Ningbo
Ningbo

Ningbo is a seaport with sub-provincial city. The city has a population of 2,182,000 and is situated in northeastern Zhejiang province of China, People's Republic of China....
, and Shanghai
Shanghai

Shanghai is the List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population in China and one of the List of metropolitan areas by population in the world, with over 20 million people....
 in addition to Guangzhou.

In 1918, the city's urban council was established and "Guangzhou" became the official name of the city. Panyu became a county's name to the southern side of Guangzhou.

In both 1930 and 1953, Guangzhou was promoted to the status of a Municipality, but each time promotion was canceled within the year.

Japanese troops occupied Guangzhou from October 12, 1938 to September 16, 1945, after violent bombings
Strategic bombing during World War II

Strategic bombing during World War II was greater in scale than any wartime attack the world had previously witnessed. The strategic bombing campaigns conducted by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Empire of Japan used conventional weapons, Incendiary bomb, and nuclear weapons....
. In the city, the Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army , or literally Army of Empire of Greater Japan was the official ground based armed force of Imperial Japan from 1867 to 1945....
 conducted bacteriological research unit 8604
Unit 8604

Unit 8604 or Nami Unit was a secret military medical unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that researched biological warfare and other topics through human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II era....
, a section of unit 731
Unit 731

was a covert biological warfare and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook lethal Japanese human experimentation on the Chinese during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II....
, where Japanese doctors experimented on human prisoners.

Communist forces entered the city on October 14, 1949. Their urban renewal projects improved the lives of some residents. New housing on the shores of the Pearl River provided homes for the poor boat people
Boat people

Boat people is a term that usually refers to illegal immigrants or asylum seekers who emigrate en masse in boats that are sometimes old and crudely made rendering them unseaworthy and unsafe....
. Reforms by Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping was a prominent Chinese revolutionary, politician, pragmatist and reformer, as well as the late leader of the Communist Party of China ....
, who came to power in the late 1970s, led to rapid economic growth due to the city's close proximity to Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
 and access to the Pearl River.

As labor costs increased in Hong Kong, manufacturers opened new plants in the cities of Guangdong
Guangdong

Guangdong is a political divisions of China on the southern coast of People's Republic of China. The province is also known by an alternative English language name, the Canton Province....
 including Guangzhou. As the largest city in one of China's wealthiest provinces, Guangzhou attracts farmers from the countryside looking for factory work. Cantonese links to overseas Chinese and beneficial tax reforms of the 1990s have aided the city's rapid growth.

In 2000, Huadu and Panyu
Panyu

Panyu District or Pun Yue District ) is a district in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It used to be a city before it was incorporated in the administration of Guangzhou....
 were merged into Guangzhou as districts, and Conghua
Conghua

File:Conghua_toweroftropicofcancer.JPGConghua is a County-level city in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China....
 and Zengcheng
Zengcheng

Zengcheng is a County-level city in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ReferencesExternal links...
 became county-level cities of Guangzhou.

Geography and climate

Guangzhou is located at 112°57'E to 114°3'E and 22°26'N to 23°56'N. The city is part of the Pearl River Delta
Pearl River Delta

The Pearl River Delta in southern People's Republic of China is the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea....
.

Guangzhou has a humid subtropical climate influenced by the Asian monsoon. Summers are wet with high temperatures and a high humidity index. Winters are mild, dry and sunny.

Guangzhou Citic Plaza

Significant buildings

  • Guangdong Olympic Stadium
    Guangdong Olympic Stadium

    The Guangdong Olympic Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Currently used mostly for football matches, the stadium was built in 2001....
     ()
  • CITIC Plaza
    CITIC Plaza

    CITIC Plaza is an skyscraper built in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Its structural height is 391 m 80 story including two tall antenna-like spires on the top....
     ()
  • Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower
    Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower

    Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower is a tower currently under construction near Chigang Pagoda, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China....
     ()
  • Guangzhou TV Tower
    Guangzhou TV Tower

    Guangzhou Tower is a 217 metres tall lattice telecommunication tower in the southern China city of Guangzhou with an observation deck. It was erected in 1991....
     ()
  • Pearl River Tower
    Pearl River Tower

    Pearl River Tower is a skyscraper that is under construction at the junction of Jinsui Road/Zhujiang Avenue West, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China....
     ()
  • West Tower / Guangzhou International Finance Centre
    Guangzhou Twin Towers West Tower

    Guangzhou International Finance Center is a 103 story, tall supertall skyscraper under construction at Zhujiang Avenue West in Tianhe District at Guangzhou, China....
     


Demographics

Population (2006): Metro - 9,754,600, Urban - 6,253,300, and City - 7,607,200

Districts/CitiesPopulation
Yuexiu1,151,481
Liwan
Liwan

Liwan is a word used since ancient times into the present to refer to a long narrow-fronted hall or Vault Portal found in Levantine homes that is often open to the outside....
705,262
Haizhu
Haizhu

Haizhu District is one of the ten districts in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Along with Liwan, Yuexiu and Dongshan Districts, it was the largest in area and the least dense of the four old districts in Guangzhou before the city expanded its size to include districts such as Tianhe to the east and Baiyun to the north....
890,512
Tianhe
Tianhe

Tianhe District is one of the ten districts in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. In Chinese, the name Tianhe means a river in the sky....
645,453
Baiyun
Baiyun

Baiyun District is one of the districts of Guangzhou.Baiyun is the place where the current and former Guangzhou's airports are located:*Baiyun International Airport ...
767,688
Huangpu
Huangpu

Huangpu can refer to several places in China:* Huangpu District, Shanghai , district of Shanghai municipality** Huangpu River, a river in China, that flows through Shanghai...
193,641
Huadu636,706
Panyu
Panyu

Panyu District or Pun Yue District ) is a district in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It used to be a city before it was incorporated in the administration of Guangzhou....
947,607
Nansha
Nansha

Nansha may refer to:* Nansha Islands , the Chinese name of the Spratly Islands* Nansha District , a part of Guangzhou City* Nansha, Yunnan, a town in Yunnan Province...
147,579
Luogang167,360
Zengcheng City
Zengcheng

Zengcheng is a County-level city in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ReferencesExternal links...
810,554
Conghua City
Conghua

File:Conghua_toweroftropicofcancer.JPGConghua is a County-level city in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China....
543,377


Administrative divisions

CBD and Financial Centres.]]

Guangzhou is a sub-provincial city
Sub-provincial city

A sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China, is like a prefecture-level city that is ruled by a province of China, but is administered independently in regard to Economics and law....
. It has direct jurisdiction over ten districts and two county-level cities
County-level city

A county-level city is a Political divisions of China#County level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by Political divisions of China#Prefecture level divisions, but a few are governed directly by Political divisions of China#Province level divisions....
.

Map NameChinese character
Chinese character

A Chinese character, also known as a Han character , is a logogram used in writing Chinese language ,'' Japanese language ,'' less frequently Korean language ,'' and formerly Vietnamese language .''...
s (Hanzi)		Hanyu PinyinCantonese Yale
Yale Romanization

The Yale romanizations are four systems created during World War II for use by United States US armed forces. They romanized the four East Asian languages of Mandarin Chinese, Yue Chinese, Korean language, and Japanese language....
 
Districts
Yuexiu??? / ???Yuèxiù QuYut6sau3 Keui1
Liwan??? / ???Lìwan QuLai6waan1 Keui1
Haizhu??? / ???Haizhu QuHoi2jyu1 Keui1
Tianhe??? / ???Tianhé QuTin1ho4 Keui1
Baiyun??? / ???Báiyún QuBaak6wan4 Keui1
Huangpu
Huangpu District, Guangzhou

Huangpu District is one of the ten districts in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China.The Whampoa Military Academy was founded there in 1924....
??? / ???Huángpu QuWong4bou3 Keui1
Huadu??? / ???Huadu QuFa1dou1 Keui1
Panyu??? / ???Panyú QuPun1yu4 Keui1
Nansha??? / ???Nánsha QuNaam4sa1 Keui1
Luogang??? / ???Luógang QuLo4gong1 Keui1
County-level cities
Zengcheng City??? / ???Zengchéng ShìJang1sing4 Si5
Conghua City??? / ???Cónghuà ShìChung4fa3 Si5


As of April 28, 2005, the districts of Dongshan and Fangcun have been abolished and merged into Yuexiu and Liwan respectively; at the same time the district of Nansha was established out of parts of Panyu, and the district of Luogang was established out of parts of Baiyun, Tianhe, and Zengcheng, plus a part of Huangpu, making an exclave next to Huangpu.

Economy

Guangzhou is the economic centre of the Pearl River Delta
Pearl River Delta

The Pearl River Delta in southern People's Republic of China is the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea....
, one of mainland China
Mainland China

Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China , excluding Hong Kong and Macau, which run on One Country, Two Systems....
's leading commercial and manufacturing regions. In 2007, the GDP reached ¥705 billion (US $92 billion), per capita was ¥71,219 (US $9,302), ranking 6th
List of cities in the People's Republic of China by GDP per capita

This list hopes to rank cities of the People's Republic of China by Gross domestic product per capita in Renminbi , aka yuan .According to Political divisions of China of China, there are three level of cities: Direct-controlled municipality, Prefecture-level city, and County-level city....
 among the other 659 Chinese cities.

The China Import and Export Fair
Canton Fair

The Canton Fair is a trade fair held in the spring and autumn seasons each year since the spring of 1957 in Guangzhou, China.The Fair is co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce of China and People's Government of Guangdong Province, and organized by China Foreign Trade Centre....
, also called "Canton Fair", is held every year in April and October by Ministry of Trading. Inaugurated in the spring of 1957, the Fair is a major event for the city. From the 104th session, Liuhua Complex is not in use to hold Canton Fair. All the booths have been transferred to Pazhou Complex. From the 104th session, Canton Fair has been arranged in 3 phrases instead of 2 phrases.

Industrial zones

  • Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone
  • Guangzhou Nansha Development Zone
  • Shantou Free Trade Zone


Science City

  • Guangzhou Science City
    Guangzhou Science City

    Guangzhou Science City is a new 2008 state-of-the-art science park developed with support from the Guangzhou government. The Guangzhou government is trying to make the Science City an important destination for IT R&D, outsourcing in China....


Culture

  • Cantonese
    Cantonese

    Cantonese generally refers to people or things associated with a region around the Chinese province of Guangdong or its capital, Guangzhou.* Cantonese, a branch of the Chinese language family, spoken in Guangdong and neighboring provinces...
  • Cantonese cuisine
    Cantonese cuisine

    Cantonese cuisine comes from Guangdong in Southern China, or specifically from Guangzhou . Of all the regional varieties of Chinese cuisine, Cantonese is the best known outside China; most "Chinese restaurants" in Western countries serve Cantonese cuisine and dishes based on it....
  • Cantonese opera
    Cantonese opera

    Cantonese opera is one of the major categories in Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Cantonese people. It is popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Malaysia....
  • Cantonese people
    Cantonese people

    The Cantonese people , broadly speaking, are a subgroup of the Han Chinese originating from the present-day Guangdong province in North China and South China China....
  • Guangdong music (genre)
    Guangdong music (genre)

    Guangdong music, also known as Cantonese music is a style of traditional Chinese instrumental music from Guangzhou and surrounding areas in Guangdong Province on the southern coast of China....


Parks and gardens

  • Baiyun Mountain
    Baiyun Mountain

    Baiyun Mountain is a mountain in Guangdong, China....
     (; literally "White Cloud Mountain"; Cantonese
    Cantonese

    Cantonese generally refers to people or things associated with a region around the Chinese province of Guangdong or its capital, Guangzhou.* Cantonese, a branch of the Chinese language family, spoken in Guangdong and neighboring provinces...
     Jyutping
    Jyutping

    Jyutping is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong in 1993. Its formal name is The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme....
    =Bak6 Wan4 Saan1)
  • Yuexiu Park ()
  • Luhu Park
  • Dongshanhu Park
  • Liuhuahu Park
  • Liwanhu Park
  • Yuntai Garden
  • Martyrs' Park ()
  • Zhujiang Park
  • South China Botanical Garden


Education


Higher education institutes

Sun Yat Sen University
National universities
  • Sun Yat-sen University
    Sun Yat-sen University

    Sun Yat-sen University or Zhongshan University is a prominent university in the southern part of China, located mainly in Guangzhou. The university is named after Dr....
     (founded in 1924)
  • South China University of Technology
    South China University of Technology

    South China University of Technology is a Chinese university located in Guangzhou, capital of the Guangdong province in mainland China. In 1999, SCUT ranked No....
  • South China Normal University
    South China Normal University

    South China Normal University is a comprehensive university in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, in the People's Republic of China. The university is featured distinctively by both teaching and research, consisting of diverse branches of learning such as philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, technology,...
  • Jinan University
    Jinan University

    Jinan University is a leading research and comprehensive university based in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. It is one of the oldest universities established on mainland China tracing back to the Qing Empire....
     (founded in 1906)
  • Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
    Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

    Guangdong University of Foreign Studies was created in June 1995 by merging the Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages and Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade....
     (????????)
  • South China Agricultural University
    South China Agricultural University

    South China Agricultural University founded in 1908. Main campus settles in Wushan, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. It is a national comprehensive university with long history....
     (founded in 1909)


Public universities and colleges
  • Guangdong University of Finance
  • Zhongkai Agrotechnical College (????????) (founded in 1927)
  • Guangzhou Medical College
  • Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
    Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine

    Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine is an institution of higher learning, located in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. It was founded in 1956, and is one of four earliest established institutions in China specializing in Chinese traditional medicine....
     (???????)
  • Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
    Guangdong Pharmaceutical University

    Guangdong Pharmaceutical University is a public university based in Guangzhou, Guangdong province which offers courses in pharmaceutical sciences....
  • Guangdong University of Technology
    Guangdong University of Technology

    Guangdong University of Technology is a university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The university offers a wide range of courses in engineering, science, technology, management, liberal arts and law, with major emphasis on the study of engineering....
  • Guangzhou University
    Guangzhou University

    Guangzhou University is a state university in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, PRC....
  • Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology
    Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology

    Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology is a provincial university based in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China....
     (?????????)
  • Guangdong University of Business Studies
  • Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
    Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

    The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts is a provincial university based in Guangzhou which provide of Fine Arts and Design degrees.History ...
  • Xinghai Conservatory of Music
    Xinghai Conservatory of Music

    The Xinghai Conservatory of Music is a College or university school of music in Guangzhou, China. It was established in 1932 by Si-Cong Ma as the Guangzhou Conservatory of Music....
  • Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University (????????)
  • Guangzhou Sports University
    Guangzhou Sports University

    Guangzhou Sports University is a provincial public university based in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, China....
Note: Institutes without full-time bachelor programs are not listed.

Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre

Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre also known as Guangzhou University City is a large university complex located in the southeast suburbs of Guangzhou. This huge higher education centre occupies the entire Xiaoguwei
Xiaoguwei

Xiaoguwei Island is a district of Xinzao Town , Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. ...
 island in Panyu District, covering an area of about 18 square kilometres. It houses campuses from ten universities, some of which also have other campuses elsewhere. The whole Higher Education Mega Centre can accommodate up to 200,000 students, 20,000 teachers and 50,000 staffs.

Universities which have campuses in the Mega Centre:
  • Sun Yat-sen University
    Sun Yat-sen University

    Sun Yat-sen University or Zhongshan University is a prominent university in the southern part of China, located mainly in Guangzhou. The university is named after Dr....
  • South China University of Technology
    South China University of Technology

    South China University of Technology is a Chinese university located in Guangzhou, capital of the Guangdong province in mainland China. In 1999, SCUT ranked No....
    (??????)
  • South China Normal University
    South China Normal University

    South China Normal University is a comprehensive university in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, in the People's Republic of China. The university is featured distinctively by both teaching and research, consisting of diverse branches of learning such as philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, technology,...
    (??????)
  • Guangdong University of Technology
    Guangdong University of Technology

    Guangdong University of Technology is a university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The university offers a wide range of courses in engineering, science, technology, management, liberal arts and law, with major emphasis on the study of engineering....
    (??????)
  • Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
    Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

    Guangdong University of Foreign Studies was created in June 1995 by merging the Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages and Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade....
    (????????)
  • Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
    Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine

    Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine is an institution of higher learning, located in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. It was founded in 1956, and is one of four earliest established institutions in China specializing in Chinese traditional medicine....
     (???????)
  • Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
    Guangdong Pharmaceutical University

    Guangdong Pharmaceutical University is a public university based in Guangzhou, Guangdong province which offers courses in pharmaceutical sciences....
  • Guangzhou University
    Guangzhou University

    Guangzhou University is a state university in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, PRC....
    (????)
  • Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
    Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

    The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts is a provincial university based in Guangzhou which provide of Fine Arts and Design degrees.History ...
  • Xinghai Conservatory of Music
    Xinghai Conservatory of Music

    The Xinghai Conservatory of Music is a College or university school of music in Guangzhou, China. It was established in 1932 by Si-Cong Ma as the Guangzhou Conservatory of Music....
    (??????)


Secondary and high schools

  • Guangdong Guangya Middle School
    Guangdong Guangya Middle School

    Guangdong Guangya Middle School is a middle school in Guangdong, People's Republic of China. It is located in Dongfeng Road, West....
     
  • Guangzhou Zhi Xin Middle School
  • The Affiliated High School of South China Normal University
  • Guangdong Experimental High School
    Guangdong Experimental High School

    Guangdong Experimental High School , founded in 1888, is one of the best high school located in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China....
     
  • Guangzhou No.2 High School
  • Guangzhou No.6 High School
  • Guangzhou No.7 High School
  • Guangzhou No.8 High School


International schools

  • American International School of Guangzhou
    American International School of Guangzhou

    The American International School of Guangzhou is the oldest and largest international school in Guangzhou, China with a reputation as one of the leading international educational instituitions in Asia....
  • The British School of Guangzhou
    The British School of Guangzhou

    The is a British Curriculum international school serving the expatriate community in Guangzhou for children aged 2 to 14 years . There are presently a large number of English as a Second Language students at the school....
  • Guangzhou Japanese School
  • Utahloy International School of Guangzhou
    Utahloy International School of Guangzhou

    Utahloy International School is an international school in Guangzhou, China. It caters for primary school to high school level and prepares students for the International Baccalaureate Diploma....
  • Clifford International School
  • Guangzhou Nanhu International School
  • Raffles Design Institute Guangzhou


Media

Guangzhou has two local radio stations, the provincial Radio Guangdong
Radio Guangdong

Radio Guangdong Voice of the City is a branch channel of Radio Guangdong, it broadcasts news and information about Guangdong province....
 and the municipal Radio Guangzhou. Together they broadcast Cantonese
Standard Cantonese

Standard Cantonese, or Guangzhou dialect, is the prestige dialect of Cantonese language. It is used in Hong Kong and Macau as the spoken language of government and instruction in the schools....
 and Mandarin
Standard Mandarin

Standard Mandarin, or Standard Chinese, is the official modern Spoken Chinese used in People's Republic of China and Republic of China, and is one of the four official languages of Languages of Singapore....
 programmes in more than ten channels. The Beijing
Beijing

is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....
-based China National Radio
China National Radio

China National Radio, or CNR is the national radio station of the People's Republic of China. Its headquarters are in Beijing....
 broadcasts Putonghua programmes in the city, while other radio stations from cities around Guangzhou mainly broadcast in Cantonese, channels of which can be received in some parts of the city. Radio Guangdong produces a 15-minute weekly English programme, Guangdong Today, which is broadcast globally through the World Radio Network
World Radio Network

WRN , is a private London, England?based company that provides transmission services for radio and television broadcasters worldwide. This includes the creation and distribution of its own-branded radio channels which aggregate daily and weekly programmes from national public broadcasting around the world, and which, in turn, are distribut...
 but not in local channels. English news and several other short English programmes are also produced by Radio Guangdong.

Both TVB Pearl
TVB Pearl

TVB Pearl is one of the two Free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being Asia Television Ltd....
 and ATV World, two major English channels in Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, can be received through cable TV in Guangzhou. The local Guangzhou Television also has its own English channel. It runs all-English programmes from evening to midnight every day.

Guangzhou has some of the best Chinese-language newspapers in Mainland China
Mainland China

Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China , excluding Hong Kong and Macau, which run on One Country, Two Systems....
, published by three big newspaper groups in the city. The Guangzhou Daily Press Group, Nanfang Press Corporation and Yangcheng Evening News Group dominate the newspaper market of Guangdong Province or even South Mainland China. The leading newspaper of the city is Guangzhou Daily
Guangzhou Daily

Guangzhou Ribao is the official newspaper of the Guangzhou municipal party committee published by the Guangzhou Daily Newspaper Group. The daily newspaper was established on October 1, 1952....
 which, with a circulation of 1.8 million, has been China's most successful newspaper for 14 years in terms of advertising revenue. In addition to Guangzhou's Chinese-language publications, there are a few English magazines and newspapers, most notably That's PRD
That's PRD

that's PRD is an English-language magazine published in Guangzhou and Shenzhen in the Pearl River Delta, Southern China.It was created in 1997 under the name Clueless in Guangzhou, then that's Guangzhou, that's PRD....
 (formerly That's Guangzhou) which was started more than a decade ago and has since blossomed into one of China's leading expat magazines with issues in Beijing, Shanghai and formerly Suzhou.

Infrastructure

Guangzhou Metro
With the the first line of Guangzhou Metro
Guangzhou Metro

The Guangzhou Metro is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of the China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland China, after that of Beijing Subway, Tianjin Metro and Shanghai Metro....
 opened in 1997, Guangzhou is the fourth city in Mainland China
Mainland China

Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China , excluding Hong Kong and Macau, which run on One Country, Two Systems....
 to have an underground railway system, behind Beijing
Beijing

is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....
, Tianjin
Tianjin

is the third largest city of the People's Republic of China in terms of urban population. Administratively it is one of the four municipality that have Political divisions of China status, reporting directly to the central government....
 and Shanghai
Shanghai

Shanghai is the List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population in China and one of the List of metropolitan areas by population in the world, with over 20 million people....
. Currently the underground network is made up of four lines, covering a total length of 116km, while another four lines are under construction and due to be completed in 2010 before the Asian Games
Asian Games

The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among Sportsperson from all over Asia. The games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee ....
. A long term plan is to make the city's underground system expand over 500km by 2020 with 15 lines in operation.

The existing four lines of Guangzhou Metro
Guangzhou Metro

The Guangzhou Metro is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of the China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland China, after that of Beijing Subway, Tianjin Metro and Shanghai Metro....
 network:
  • Line 1: From Guangzhou East Railway Station to Xilang Station
  • Line 2: From Sanyuanli Station to Wanshengwei Station
  • Line 3: From Guangzhou East Railway Station and Tianhe Coach Terminal Station to Panyu Square Station
  • Line 4: From Wanshengwei Station to Jinzhou Station


Guangzhou's main airport
Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and Non-rigid airship take off and land. Aircraft may also be stored or maintained at an airport....
 is the New Baiyun International Airport
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is the main airport of Guangzhou, the capital of the province of Guangdong, People's Republic of China....
 in Huadu District open on August 5, 2004, replacing the old Baiyun International Airport
Baiyun International Airport

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport or Pai Yuen Airport was the main airport in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, until August 5, 2004, when it was replaced by the identically named Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, some 17 kilometers north away....
 which was very close to the city centre and failed to meet the fast-growing air traffic demand.

Guangzhou is well connected to Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
 by train, coach and ferry. Express trains depart from the Guangzhou East railway station
Guangzhou East railway station

Guangzhou East Railway Station serves the city of Guangzhou, China. It is located at Tianhe District, Guangzhou.There is a passport checking area accommodated within the station for passengers travelling between Guangzhou and Hong Kong....
  and arrive at the Hung Hom KCR station in Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
. The route is approximately 182km in length and the ride takes less than two hours. Frequent coach services are also provided, with coaches depart every day from different locations (mostly major hotels) around the city.

There are daily ferry services including an overnight steamer service, which takes eight hours, as well as high-speed catamaran service which takes three hours, to the China Ferry Terminal or Macau Ferry Pier
Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Hong Kong

Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal or Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier is located in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It, together with another pier, the Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal, provides ferry services to Macau and other cities in China....
 in Hong Kong. The Nansha Pier, located in the distant Nansha District
Nansha District

Nansha District is a district in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ReferencesExternal links...
 outside the city centre, is also operating six daily 75-minute catamaran services to Hong Kong.

From January 1, 2007, the municipal government has banned motorcycles in the urban areas. Motorcycles found violating the ban will be confiscated. The Guangzhou traffic bureau claimed to have reported reduced traffic problems and accidents in the downtown area since the ban.

According to the official China Daily
China Daily

The China Daily is an English-language daily newspaper published in the People's Republic of China....
 of July 6, 2007, all buses and taxis in Guangzhou will be LPG-fueled by 2010 to promote clean energy for transportation and improve the environment . At present, Guangzhou is the city that uses the most LPG-fueled vehicles in the world. Till the end of 2006, 6,500 buses and 16,000 taxis were using LPG, taking up 85% of all buses and taxis .

Tourist attractions

Guangzhou has a lovely climate year-round with almost no winter. Annual average temperature is 21.8 degrees. Autumn, from October to December, is very moderate, cool and windy, and is the best travel time. There are many tourist attractions around the city which include:
  • Chen Clan Academy
  • Guangdong Museum of Folk Handcraft
  • Shamian Island
    Shamian Island

    Shamian Island, formerly known as Shameen Island or Sha Min Island, from its Yue Chinese pronunciation is a sandbank island in the Liwan District of Guangzhou city, Guangdong province, China....
     / Shameen Island
    Shamian Island

    Shamian Island, formerly known as Shameen Island or Sha Min Island, from its Yue Chinese pronunciation is a sandbank island in the Liwan District of Guangzhou city, Guangdong province, China....
     (; Cantonese
    Cantonese

    Cantonese generally refers to people or things associated with a region around the Chinese province of Guangdong or its capital, Guangzhou.* Cantonese, a branch of the Chinese language family, spoken in Guangdong and neighboring provinces...
     Jyutping
    Jyutping

    Jyutping is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong in 1993. Its formal name is The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme....
    =Saa1 Min2 Dou2; literally, "Sand Face Island")
  • Guangdong Provincial Museum
    Guangdong Provincial Museum

    The Guangdong Provincial Museum is located on what was the original site of Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, on Wenming Road on the corner with Yuexiu Road....
     
  • Museum of the Tomb of the King of Southern Yue in Western Han Dynasty
    Museum of the Tomb of the King of Southern Yue in Western Han Dynasty

    The Museum of the Tomb of the King of Southern Yue in Western Han Dynasty is a museum in Guangzhou, southern China.The tomb of King Wen of Nanyue was discovered in 1983, 20 meters under Elephant Hill in Guangzhou on a construction site for a hotel, and has been excavated....
    ; Traditional Chinese=????????; Cantonese
    Cantonese

    Cantonese generally refers to people or things associated with a region around the Chinese province of Guangdong or its capital, Guangzhou.* Cantonese, a branch of the Chinese language family, spoken in Guangdong and neighboring provinces...
     Jyutping
    Jyutping

    Jyutping is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong in 1993. Its formal name is The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme....
    =Sai1 Hon3 Naam4 Jyut6 Wong4 Bok3 Mat6 Gun2
Canton Pagoda De Las Flores
* Temple of the Six Banyan Trees
Temple of the Six Banyan Trees

The Temple of the Six Banyan Trees is an ancient Buddhism List of Buddhist temples built in 537 in the Liang Dynasty in Guangzhou, southern China....
 
  • Sacred Heart Cathedral
    Sacred Heart Cathedral of Guangzhou

    The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus also known as Sacred Heart Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Guangzhou, South China....
     / Stone House
    Sacred Heart Cathedral of Guangzhou

    The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus also known as Sacred Heart Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Guangzhou, South China....
    ; Traditional Chinese=???????/??; Cantonese
    Cantonese

    Cantonese generally refers to people or things associated with a region around the Chinese province of Guangdong or its capital, Guangzhou.* Cantonese, a branch of the Chinese language family, spoken in Guangdong and neighboring provinces...
     Jyutping
    Jyutping

    Jyutping is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong in 1993. Its formal name is The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme....
    =Sek6 Sat1
  • Huaisheng Mosque
    Huaisheng Mosque

    The Huaisheng Mosque in Guangzhou, also known as the Lighthouse Mosque, is, at over 1,300 years old, one of the oldest mosques in the world....
     
  • Temple of Bright Filial Piety
    Temple of Bright Filial Piety

    The Temple of Bright Filial Piety on Guangxiao Road is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Guangzhou and was the mansion of Prince Zhao Jiande of the Nam Vi?t during the Han Dynasty ....
     
  • Chime-Long Paradise
    Chime-Long Paradise

    Chime-Long Paradise is a major amusement park in Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. Opened on April 12 2006, Chime-Long Paradise is the largest amusement park in China and boasts the Tenth Ring Roller Coaster Roller Coaster, which shares the record for most Roller coaster inversion with Colossus at Thorpe Park...
     
  • Chime-Long WaterPark
  • Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King
    Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King

    Located in Jiefangbei Road, Yuexue District, Guangzhou, Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, with an area of 1,4000 sq. m, is the witness of Guangzhou?s history of more than 2000 years....
    ????
  • Guangzhou Peasant Movement Institute
    Guangzhou Peasant Movement Institute

    The Guangzhou Peasant Movement Institute was set up in a 14th century Confucian temple and now the site on Zhongshan Road commemorates Guangzhou?s revolutionary past....
     


Local products

  • Canton Sculpture includes Canton Ivory Carvings, Jade Sculpture, Wood Sculpture and Olive Sculpture.
  • Canton Enamel is short for Guangzhou Colorful Pottery. It has a history of over 300 years.
  • Canton Embroidery, namely Yue Embroidery, is one of the Four Famous Chinese Embroideries together with Su Embroidery, Xiang Embroidery and Shu Embroidery.
  • Canton Bacon is the general designation of cured meat in the Guangzhou Area.
  • Zhujiang Beer


Sister cities

Pearl River in Guangzhou
Guangzhou is twinned
Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
 with the following cities: Fukuoka
Fukuoka, Fukuoka

is the capital cities of Japan of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan, across the Korea Strait from South Korea Busan....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 (May 1979) Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 (March 2, 1982) Manila
Manila

The 'City of Manila' , or simply 'Manila', is the Capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila....
, Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
 (November 1982) Vancouver
Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 (March 1985) Bari
Bari

Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic sea, in Italy. It is the second economic centre of mainland Southern Italy and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 (1986) Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 (May 1986) Viña Del Mar
Viña del Mar

Vi?a del Mar , also known locally as La Ciudad Jard?n , is a Chilean commune and coastal city in Valpara?so Province, Valpara?so Region....
, Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 (November 1986) Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 (April 11, 1988) Lyon
Lyon

||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 (November 1988) Auckland
Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban areas of New Zealand with over 1.3 million residents, percent of the country's population....
, New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, (February 1989) Gwangju
Gwangju

Gwangju Metropolitan City is the sixth largest city in South Korea. It is a designated Special cities of Korea under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister....
, South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
 (October 1996) Oita
Oita, Oita

is the capital cities of Japan of Oita Prefecture located on the island of Kyushu, Japan....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 (1997) Linköping
Linköping

Link?ping ['l?n???p??] is a city in southern Sweden, with a population of 97,885 . It is the seat of Link?ping Municipality with 140,367 inhabitants and the capital of ?sterg?tland County....
, Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 (November 1997) Durban
Durban

Durban is the third most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality . It is the largest city in KwaZulu-Natal and is famous as the busiest port in Africa....
, South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
 (July 2000) Bristol
Bristol

Bristol is a City status in the United Kingdom, unitary authority area and Ceremonial counties of England in South West England, west of London, and east of Cardiff....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 (May 2001) Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg is a major types of inhabited localities in Russia in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 (July 10, 2002) Arequipa
Arequipa

Arequipa is the capital of the Arequipa Region in southern Peru. With a population of 1,000,291 it is the List of 20 largest cities in Peru of the country....
, Peru
Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
 (October 27, 2004) Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 (Dec 2006) Dubai
Dubai

Dubai is one of the seven Emirates of the United Arab Emirates and the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates . It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula....
, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

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 Recife
Recife

File:P?r-do-Sol_na_Jaqueira.jpgRecife is the fourth largest Metropolitan area in Brazil and the capital of the state of Pernambuco. The population was 1,549,980 in 2007....
, Brazil
Brazil

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 Surabaya
Surabaya

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, Indonesia
Indonesia

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See also

  • Er Sha Island
    Er Sha Island

    Er Sha Island is an island located in Guangzhou, China. It houses the American International School of Guangzhou, several apartment complexes, a badminton stadium, and a government sports training facility....
  • Fernão Pires de Andrade
    Fernão Pires de Andrade

    Captain Fern?o Pires de Andrade was a Portugal merchant, pharmacist, and official diplomat under the explorer and Malacca governor Afonso de Albuquerque....
  • Rafael Perestrello
    Rafael Perestrello

    Rafael Perestrello was a Portugal explorer and a cousin of Filipa Moniz Perestrello, the wife of the famed explorer Christopher Columbus. He is best known for having been the first to land on the southern shores of mainland China in 1516 and 1517 to trade in Guangzhou, after the Portuguese explorer Jorge ?lvares landed on Lintin Island withi...


Further reading

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External links

  • - Municipal government official website
  • - Blog containing news about Guangzhou